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Proposed rule

Air Plan Approval; Illinois; 2015 Ozone Moderate and Serious Reasonably Available Control Technology Update

Built by the Tribune's code from the Federal Register. No AI wrote this page. Published in the Federal Register Aug. 6, 2026. Document 2026-16001. Updated Nov. 7, 2026.

What it does

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve revisions to 35 Illinois Administrative Code (IAC) parts 217, 218, and 219 into the Illinois State Implementation Plan (SIP). The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois or Illinois EPA) submitted these revisions on December 18, 2024, and May 12, 2025, supplemented their submittal on August 13, 2025, for Moderate Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT). The EPA is proposing to approve 35 IAC parts 217, 218, and 219 as satisfying the Moderate Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) RACT and NO<INF>X</INF> RACT requirements as well as Serious NO<INF>X</INF> RACT requirements for the Chicago, IL (Cook County, DuPage County, Grundy County, Kane County, Kendall County, Lake County, McHenry County, and Will County) and Metro-East St. Louis (Madison County, Monroe County, and St. Clair County) nonattainment areas under the 2015 ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS or standard).

The Environmental Protection Agency's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What it would change

1 part of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

40 CFR 52

What happens next and when

Comments must be received on or before September 8, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Document number2026-16001
ActionProposed rule.
AgenciesEnvironmental Protection Agency
PublishedAug. 6, 2026
Comments closeSept. 8, 2026
DocketEPA-R05-OAR-2024-0617

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register